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Columbia: arc of light videotaped by astronauts

Cape Canaveral, USA - Mission proceeds smoothly

"Two nights ago over Africa there was an extraordinary image. We saw a huge horizontal line of glow air which has been brightened by lightning below it which extended to several hundred miles horizontally and we feel it may be something new". This is the announcement of Dr. Yoav Yair, the project coordinator for Israeli experiments on board the Columbia. Astronauts videotaping thunderstorms from...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 39357
Rome, Italy, 01/24/2003 18:38
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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